Social studies quizz ww2

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 totalitarianism/dictator

an absolute ruler, not subject to controls within his or her government.

Benito Mussolini

leader of Italy and ally of Hitler during World War II.

Adolf Hitler

 promised to restore the country to its pre-war greatness. He led Germany during World War II and was the architect of the Holocaust.

Joseph Stalin

a high-ranking politician and secretly began to appoint his friends to key government positions beginning in 1922. He became the leader of the Soviet Union, known for his authoritarian rule and the Great Purge.

appeasement

a policy of agreeing to demands of a powerful opponent in order to avoid conflict. This approach was notably used by Britain and France in the 1930s towards Nazi Germany, allowing Hitler to expand territory without facing immediate consequences.

• Give in to avoid a bigger conflict.

Axis Powers

the alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan during World War II that opposed the Allied Powers.  

• The nations that would eventually band together to fight

Munich Conference

gave Sudetenland to Germany in return for Hitler’s promise to stop invading countries.

• It was held in 1938, where Britain, France, and Italy agreed to the policy of appeasement, hoping to maintain peace in Europe.

Nazi-Soviet Pact (Non-agression pact)

The two countries vowed to take no military action against each other for 10 years.

• This agreement, signed in 1939 between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, also included a secret protocol to divide Eastern Europe between them.

Blitzkrieg

“lightning war.” This strategy involved bombarding important targets from the air and taking out railroads, landing strips, and communication lines before sending in a massive land invasion.

• This military tactic was used by Germany in World War II to achieve quick victories and overwhelm opponents through a combination of air and ground forces.

Miracle at Dunkirk

This refers to the evacuation of Allied soldiers from the beaches of France, in 1940, where hundreds of thousands were rescued under heavy enemy fire.

Spark of WW2

The event that marked the beginning of World War II, as the German invasion led Britain and France to declare war on Germany.

Battle of Britan

Great Britain was the only Allied country left to fight Nazi Germany. 

• Called the Blitz

• Battle fought by just aircraft 

• 1940

Neutrality

the state of not supporting or helping either side in a conflict, disagreement, etc.; impartiality.

• Not helping either side.

Lend-Lease Act

In response to Germany’s aggression, President Roosevelt pushed Congress to pass in 1941. It was a policy that allowed the U.S. to supply Allied nations with war material while remaining officially neutral.

• Not giving things to Great britain but lending things so they leased to us large chunks of land.

Attack on pearl harbor

The surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941, leading to the U.S. entering World War II.

• Brought us into ww2 

• December 7th 1941

Operation Barbarossa

Hitler named this and it is a medieval emperor of German-speaking people who also conquered countries in Europe.

• The plan german soviet union

• June 22nd 1941